How to set up IDE drives?

[rrcn]

I'm getting a dvd burner and would like to know how I should have my drives set up. I currently have a burner, cd-rom, and a HDD. I have the burner set as master and the cd-rom as slave on one IDE cable. Then i have the HDD set as master on IDE1. Where would you reccommend placing the dvd burner?

Thanks all in advance.

[VHockey86]

Id put the hdd as primary master, DVD burner as secondary master, cd-rom as secondonary slave. If you already have a cd-rw I would probably either get rid of it or replace your cd-rom. Normally not a great idea to have other drives on the same IDE channel as your hard drive simply for performance reasons

[Martoch]

Ditch the CD-Rom...you don't need it any more. (unless your CD-RW is old and your DVD-RW can burn CD's quickly enough for you)

HD on IDE1 master
DVD-RW on IDE2 master
CD-RW (or CD-Rom) on IDE2 slave

Agreed...don't put optical drives as slaves to HD's.

[rrcn]

I only use the cd-rom for playing games.

[rrcn]

I only use the cd-rom for playing games. I thought about ditching the cd-rom and using a virtual drive, but wanted to hear what your opinions were.

[rrcn]

I only use the cd-rom for playing games. I thought about ditching the cd-rom and using a virtual drive, but wanted to hear what your opinions were. Thanks.

[Edit] Sorry about the triple posts.

[VHockey86]

Virtual drives are great =)
I converted my entire game catelog into images using alcohol 120%, and I have the ISOs on their own hard drive. Takes up alot of disk space but its worth it now to have to switch and wear out cds all the time